OpenAI Rolls Out 4-Digit ChatGPT Chat Locks Across 8 Plans
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Updated · TechCrunch · Oct 20
OpenAI Rolls Out 4-Digit ChatGPT Chat Locks Across 8 Plans
2 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · Oct 20
Summary
Tuesday’s rollout lets ChatGPT users move sensitive conversations into a separate Locked Chats section secured by a four-digit PIN, Face ID or Touch ID, though availability may lag for some accounts.
Locked chats stay accessible later—unlike Temporary Chats—and get their own isolated memory, so new details shared there can inform other locked conversations without surfacing in regular chats.
OpenAI said the feature does not add end-to-end encryption, change retention, erase information already stored in Memory, or alter the “Improve the model for everyone” setting.
Resetting a PIN permanently deletes all content protected by the old PIN, and the option is unavailable for temporary, archived, group, shared-link, scheduled-task and meeting-recording chats.
The feature is slated for Free, Go, Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise and Edu users, but not ChatGPT for Healthcare, reflecting OpenAI’s push to add privacy controls as personal use grows.